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yeah, i actually thought about something similar to what you're talking about after posting but didn't bother editing. i think the main reason a lot of people find the Megaman games hard (and early Castlevania, which you conveniently mentioned) is because they force you to observe more than just blaze through like a lot of other games (i'm mostly speaking of real time and just general non rpg games here for the record). the games require some persistence and for you to slow down a lot more, but i still don't think many parts of them are really that flat out difficult- but i'd rather not get into an argument about the differences between a series just being frustrating and one being truly hard.

i am of course biased because i play basically nothing but nes/snes era platformers these days though, so whatever.

also i just noticed that in my last post that i said both MM1 AND MM6 were the easiest due to bit of a lapse in thought- i'd put 6 easier than the first, for the record.

Sometimes I believe that large message boards tend to draw in psychopaths, and that isn't necessarily a far fetched idea.

I can understand what they are saying pretty well. You can quickly tune misogyny out to the point where you don't really see how bad it is. Which ultimately just leads to more bad attitudes about women. (the sames applies to minorities and other less privileged groups as well)

I personally have been moving in the opposite way however. I have been becoming increasingly aware of this kind of stuff.

I read blogs that talk about sensitive matters like politics and social critiques sometimes, and the women who dare to voice opinions, controversial or relatively mundane, regularly get an onslaught of graphic rape threats. It's kind of sad how I have internalized this to the point where I rarely if ever post comments on major sites or blogs.

I don't think a lot of people notice the effects words can have. Constant barrages of misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc. not only desensitize people to bigotry, but they also effect the views of the groups being targeted. If someone is constantly being verbally abused for being a woman or being jewish or being trans, etc. there is a reasonable chance that they might start to internalize the hate and start to believe it themselves.

This ultimately leads to situations where assholes aren't being called out on their **** because everyone else is either desensitized to it or has started to believe it themselves.

Damn, I am getting a little too serious for misc. But this is one of those things that is important enough to say.

I don't think a lot of people notice the effects words can have. Constant barrages of misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc. not only desensitize people to bigotry, but they also effect the views of the groups being targeted. If someone is constantly being verbally abused for being a woman or being jewish or being trans, etc. there is a reasonable chance that they might start to internalize the hate and start to believe it themselves.

This ultimately leads to situations where assholes aren't being called out on their **** because everyone else is either desensitized to it or has started to believe it themselves.

Damn, I am getting a little too serious for misc. But this is one of those things that is important enough to say.

I appreciate it actually. People so often just brush it aside as "the culture" it gets very discouraging.

I just don't get why people act like kitchen jokes are so awesome. Like they're probably the most played out and unoriginal jokes you can make these days, and yet whenever someone makes a kitchen joke groups act like it's the funniest shit ever.

I don't think a lot of people notice the effects words can have. Constant barrages of misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc. not only desensitize people to bigotry, but they also effect the views of the groups being targeted. If someone is constantly being verbally abused for being a woman or being jewish or being trans, etc. there is a reasonable chance that they might start to internalize the hate and start to believe it themselves.

This ultimately leads to situations where assholes aren't being called out on their **** because everyone else is either desensitized to it or has started to believe it themselves.

Damn, I am getting a little too serious for misc. But this is one of those things that is important enough to say.

*slow clap*
I come into the GCT for my daily dose of disappointment to find myself pleasantly surprised by an intelligent post.

Okay, now that the praise is out of the way, I've seen enough crap on the internet to know exactly what you're talking about.

I just don't get why people act like kitchen jokes are so awesome. Like they're probably the most played out and unoriginal jokes you can make these days, and yet whenever someone makes a kitchen joke groups act like it's the funniest shit ever.

Because these are the same people who think "BLACK PEOPLE EAT WATERMELONS" is groundbreaking humor. They're just not particularly clever.

In other news, I am currently trying to plan a Cold War class, but there is SO MUCH material it's hard to figure out how to organize it. My poor kids are gonna have to learn so many names.

It really gets on my nerves whenever I think about "the culture" and how apparently some **** is still kosher on the internet. You'd be less likely to get away scot free if you were in a public place and shouted "Shut up, *****, or I'll rape you!" to someone just because they're a woman and they had the balls to disagree with you (on something you were probably wrong about). So, in short, **** "the culture" while this is still acceptable.

Originally Posted by Cipher

Also, the Internet is sexist. That's not a hyperbole. It's the most glaring problem of its collective culture, and it's really unfortunate.

I just don't get why people act like kitchen jokes are so awesome. Like they're probably the most played out and unoriginal jokes you can make these days, and yet whenever someone makes a kitchen joke groups act like it's the funniest shit ever.

Sometimes I believe that large message boards tend to draw in psychopaths, and that isn't necessarily a far fetched idea.

Well, mysogyny is bad, but I also dislike feminists raging without any good reason. Basically, the woman in the "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" Kickstarter video talks about five reoccuring roles a girl can have: the one that must be saved, the protagonist, the sidekick, the antagonist and the unimportant NPC in the background. What else role is there for a character to fill? Sure, a couple of the shown games have scarcely clothed women (Rayman Origins, Bayonetta, couple of other games I don't really know) but there are also lots upon lots of regularly clothed female gaming characters. Also "and the most common trope in video games: women as background decoration". How is this a big deal? There are also lots and lots of male unimportant NPCs, but nobody's complaining about them. "Oh look, there's someone in the game that just isn't important. OH LOOK IT'S A GIRL! MYSOGYNY! MYSOGYNY!". Please.

Of course, the "tits or gtfo" behaviour of the internet is bad, but irrational feminists raging at everything male are too.

I'm saying that "sexist" is putting it lightly. I find it hard to believe there are actually women on the internet sometimes because of how people act.

Originally Posted by Murton

Well, mysogyny is bad, but I also dislike feminists raging without any good reason. Basically, the woman in the "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" Kickstarter video talks about five reoccuring roles a girl can have: the one that must be saved, the protagonist, the sidekick, the antagonist and the unimportant NPC in the background. What else role is there for a character to fill? Sure, a couple of the shown games have scarcely clothed women (Rayman Origins, Bayonetta, couple of other games I don't really know) but there are also lots upon lots of regularly clothed female gaming characters. Also "and the most common trope in video games: women as background decoration". How is this a big deal? There are also lots and lots of male unimportant NPCs, but nobody's complaining about them. "Oh look, there's someone in the game that just isn't important. OH LOOK IT'S A GIRL! MYSOGYNY! MYSOGYNY!". Please.

Of course, the "tits or gtfo" behaviour of the internet is bad, but irrational feminists raging at everything male are too.

I think this is also a good point. Some people get so wrapped up in their ideals -- even when they're good ideals, that ends up with them being poorly expressed. Also re: the scantily-clad girls thing -- would it make a difference if it was a girl who designed them? Would a girl character who fights in a negligee and miniskirt, despite being designed by a woman, fall under this? Would the designer be considered a traitor to the entire sex/gender/what-have-you for apparently taking orders from the manocentric maleocracy?

There are huge problems with gaming and gaming culture regarding equality, sex, etc. -- but these ones aren't the big ones. It's kind of like ignoring the three serial killers to bust one guy who's smoking pot.

I've decided to make my comic series in a MSPA format, with each image followed by narration. I will also include dialogue as necessary, similar to Homestuck's Pesterlogs. However, there will be no fan-suggested commands for several reasons:

- I already have a fairly good idea of where I want the story to go
- The story I have in mind isn't well-suited to fan commands
- I don't want it to be in a video game format like other MSPAs
- Chances are, I won't have fans to make suggestions